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admired tant A. CARYL, or GRo'roN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters .Pa-tent No. 93,805, dated 'August 17, 1869.

HAY-TEDDER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

` To all 'whom 'it may concern? Be it known that I, A. H. GARYL, of Groton, in the county of Middlesex, and State (if-Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Hay-Tedder; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is a description of my invention, sufiicient to enable those skilled in the artto practise it.

` The. organization of the .various-'hay-making machines, (or machines for tedding or spreading hay in process of curing-,) which are now or have beenin use, are pretty well understood by construetorsof agricul- The principal machines which havebeen practically used, are the Brown rotary tedder, (having several series of revolving teeth,) the Bullard tedder, in which a single series of teeth is used, (these teeth having an eccentric up-and-down forward-and-back movement imparted to them,) and the American hay-tedder, made under the Garfield patent, (in which, asin the Brown tedder, several series of revolving teeth, or forks are used, the'teeth of each of which series, however, have movements in excess of or eccentrically to their revolving movement.)

My machine differs essentially in its organization from each and all of these, as it. also does from all other hay-tedding machines heretofore made, in that I use one or more series of reciprocating teeth, which not only move down to take the hay, rearward with the hay, up from the hay, and forward to come into position to again move down to take the hay, but in that in moving down, each tooth completes its downward movement before being thrown to the rear, and is held back while tension is produced upon it by movement of its stock, so that when released it springs rearward with a bound, and irts the hay back from it, in contradistinction to the positive and ineasured`movement of the teeth of the Brown,7 Bullard, and Garfield tedders, in which the only possible Aspring-movement in the teeth or forks is due to their points catching against the ground and' springing back as they rise from the ground. p

This spring-movement of the tedder-teeth in my machine, produced as it is by positively holding back the' points of the teeth until the'desired tension is produced, and until they are in position (vertically) to best actupon the hay, and then releasing them, '(when thus in position to throw the hay,) gives them an obvious advantage unattainable in the other machines to which reference has been made.

It is in the organization of the machine for effecting the movements of the tedder-teeth or springs that my invention primarily consists.

The drawings representfa machine embodying the invention.

- To the lower end of each slotted stock is fixed along spring-tooth7 e(preferably formed with a coil, f,) and the upper end of the stock is ,hung by a spring, g, to a'rod, la', projecting from a rocker-shaft, t', which turns in suitable bearings on the frame a.

Two sets' of toothed stocks are shown in the drawings, they being upon the same shaft or axle b, the respective or alternate teeth being marked e e2, and the teeth of one set being connected to a rocker-shaft,

i, and the alternate teeth to a similar shaft, t2, these two' shafts being geared together, as seenat L. On the outer end ofveach rocker-shaft is fixed 'an arm, l or Z3, one projecting down upon one side of the adjacent wheel c, and the other upon the opposite side i thereof, as seen at A, the arms hanging in the paths' of pins m, projecting laterally from the-respective sides of the spokes of t-he wheels c.

As the-wheels rotate, and when one of the pins m strikes either arm Z or l, the arm is moved inward, and thereby turns the shaft t orti, to which the arm is fixed, this movement of the shaft throwing its rods h forward, or inward, thus drawing inward the upper ends of thestocks (l, and throwing outward their lower ends, and the tedder-sprin gs fixed thereto, the rotative movement of the rods h bringing them from inclined carries its rods h outward, throwing the upper ends of its stocks d outward, and their lower ends inward, at the same time lifting the stocks;` and their teddersprings, thus giving to the springs an upward and inward movement, 4the forks of one set being thus moved down in front of and outward with the hay, while those ofthe other set are moved up over the hay, and inward into position to again drop down to take fresh hav.

Instead, however, of giving afree or unobstructed movement to the tedder-tceth in this manner, I hold the teeth back, by virtue of the springs c g, While the slotted stocks are dropping, and during the tirst part -tion -of the spokes-of the adjacent wheel.

This stoppage and release ofthe springs is effected as follows:

. A short distance above the plane of the tread of the wheels, a horizontal bar, n, stretches across the machine'between two hangers, o, depending from the frame u. In the outer edge of this bar is a series of notches, 11, one opposite to each tedder-spring or tooth.

vUpon the top ofthe bar? lies'a sliding plate, q, having oblong slots, r, througlrwhich project screw-pins, s. Fixed to and connected with one. end of this plate is an incline, t, which projects out into the path of rota- Opposite to each notch j) t-he shank of a hook, u, is fixed to the plate q, each hook, as the plate is slid in one direction, being carried across the front ofthe notch, and as the plate is slid in vthe opposite direction, being carried to one side ot thenotch. As each spoke of the wheel strikes the incline t, the hook-plate is pushed back, carrying the hooksl away from the notches', and as the spoke passes the incline, the plate is carried forward by a suitable spring, r, bringing each hook in front ot' its notch.

lhe operation of the hooks is as follows: y Just before, or just as either arm l l? is struck by a pin, Im, a spoke. strikes the incline t, and slides back the plate Il. As the arm is moved by thc pin, the upward and outward movement ofthenpper ends ot' one set of the stocks produced thereby, throws back the tedder-springs ot' such stocks, and each spring enters the notch p in the bar in line with it. passes by the incline, the spring t draws forward the plate, and fastens all the tedder-springs which entered the notches. Inthis position they are held by the hooks while they complete their ascentand while they next descend, and while the arms l l2, to which their stocks (l are attached by the springs, are moved inward, the springs c f/ yielding under the strain produced by the movement of the arms l l2, and theteeth beingkept in this position under tension until the plate is again slid back, it. will readily be seen that when they are released from the hooks they will spring forward with a bound, the whole, or a material part of their forward movementbeing comprised in this Spring, alld'hel' movement thus producedeectually tossing and turning the hay.

As the spoke The tedder-teeth or springs are peculiar intheir construction. Insteadof making a fork, the two tines of which spring from twov coils united by a cross-wire, which forms the l'oop, by which the `fork is secured in position, I make each tooth of a double wire, springing from a coil, thetwo ends of the wire forming or made, the outer end or'fold of the spring heilig opened to form a loop, as seen at A.

By means'of a lever, w, the tooth-plate may be slid lback far enough to remove the incline from the path of movement of the pins m, so as to throw the hooks out of act-ion whenever necessary -or desirable.

It will b'e seen that it' any one of the tedder-teeth meets an obstruction, the arrangement ofits stock upon the shaft b, and the connection of the spring g, enables the tooth to yield to any extent necessary to free it. 4

l.. I claim a tedder-machine, so organized that the tedder-teeth are positively held back under tension between their tips and the stocks to which they are at'- tixed, while their stocks move forward, and are then released, thereby imparting a jerking movement to iiirt the hay, substantially as described.

2. I also claim the combination of` the slotted sliding stocks d, spring-teeth e, springs g, and rods h, and rocker-shafts t', arranged a-nd operating together, substantially as described.

31. Also, in combination with the spring-teeth eand the -l'nechanism for imparting their 'positive movements, the hooks u. or equivalent devices, operating to first hold back and then release the tedder-springs, substantially las described.

4. The combination, with the carriage-wheel, ofthe incline and its spring, for actuating the hook-plate, and the arms l l2, and pinions, for actuating the rockershafts, substantially as described.

, A. H. CAR-YL.

Witnesses:

J. B. Cosr, Farmers GOULD. 

